Oly Float

03/04/2026

Meet Elaine McLaughlin! One of the incredible therapists that make up our amazing Massage Team here at Oly Float!

Elaine McLaughlin is a Massage Therapist and Reiki Practitioner. Her flow focuses on central nervous system relaxation, Swedish massage, myofascial release, and deep tissue massage techniques to release stress and tension from the body. She believes massage can be both calming and treatment oriented. Customizing each massage to address your goals for the session. Elaine’s practice focuses on finding balance by treating the whole person, instead of focusing on individual systems. Like our muscles and bones, our bodies and minds are very connected. Her goal is to help you create more space in your body and mind so you can enjoy your life with less pain and stress.

As someone who worked at a desk for over a decade, she understands the physical and mental stress and pains that come with long hours at a computer. After years of receiving massage, energy work, and exploring wellness modalities, like floating; she took the leap to pursue a lifelong dream of becoming a massage therapist. Elaine studied at the Bodymechanics School of Massage and Myotherapy in 2023 and received her Reiki Master certification in 2024.

Whether it is your first massage, you’re someone who receives massage regularly, or are curious about integrating reiki into a massage, Elaine will meet you where you are and provide you with an unforgettable massage experience, giving you the physical and mental space to help you enjoy your life a little more.

Book with Elaine today via online booking at www.OlyFloat.com or call or text 360-972-3366!

02/01/2026

Looking for the perfect self-care gift to give your loved one this Valentine’s Day? We’ve got you covered.

💧 Couples Floats
💆🏽 Massage Dates
🔥 Sauna For Two

We have gift certificates available for any amount, packaged services for the ultimate date night, even monthly memberships if you want to go big with a gift that keeps on giving.

Get your gift ideas at: www.OlyFloat.com/Valentines-Day

01/23/2026

See how many of these you can recognize within yourself next time you float. Collect the set! 😊🇯🇵

01/21/2026

Come experience what it is like to take a journey into space in our galactic themed "Galaxy Room"!
Whether that is outer space or inner space is entirely up to the astronaut, or psychonaut. With soothing chromatherapy lighting, slowly pulsating waves of light on the ceiling, and additional ambient lighting in the shower, the vibe of the room will have you stepping beyond your usual world in a split second. The room’s incredible steam shower with luxurious body jets and a rain shower are a popular favorite.

Inside the 8′ by 5′ float tank, you’ll experience the magic of zero gravity (thanks to 1,000 pounds of Epsom salts) with a constellation of stars on the ceiling above you!

Turn down the outside world and let your mind wander away amongst the stars!

Book the Galaxy Room today via online booking at www.OlyFloat.com or call or text 360-972-3366!

12/29/2025

12/28/2025

Man Sneaks Bag Of Outside Stimuli Into Sensory Deprivation Tank https://theonion.com/man-sneaks-bag-of-outside-stimuli-into-sensory-deprivation-tank/

12/24/2025

A little hours update, for you late shoppers. If you don't catch us before we close at 5pm on Christmas Eve, never fear ... gift cards can be purchased and either emailed or printed at home from our web site at www.OlyFloat.com.

12/22/2025

If you experience this for the first 20-30 minutes if your float - especially your first or second float - and you're completely convinced that you're the only one who experiences this ... don't worry, you're not. Almost everyone experiences this at first. It's normal. It takes 20-30 minutes for the hamster wheel in our heads to start slowing down. Eventually, it stops entirely.

This is why we mostly offer 90 minute floats. Though we do have 60 minute floats available during the weekdays, 90 minutes allows time for the hamster wheel to slow down and shut off and then lots of time to enjoy the deep, no-mind reset space that happens naturally when your nervous system is able to finally downshift, fully relax, and regenerate.

So just become One with the "bork, bork, bork!" It passes, like all things do.

12/21/2025

Happy Solstice, friends! I think we could all use a little less darkness from here on out and exponentially more light. ☀️

The pivot happened seven hours ago.

December 21st, 4:20 AM EST. Winter Solstice arrived. Earth's Northern Hemisphere reached maximum tilt—23.5 degrees away from the sun. The furthest lean. The longest night peaked. Then, imperceptibly, the reversal began.

You might not have noticed. Most didn't. The moment passed without fanfare at 4:20 AM while most of the Northern Hemisphere slept. But the cosmic mechanics don't require witnesses. At that exact second, Earth's axial tilt reached its maximum southward lean and began—atom by atom, degree by degree—tilting back toward the sun.

This is what happened: The sun, tracking southward across the sky since June 21st, reached the Tropic of Capricorn. At solar noon today, someone standing at 23.5 degrees south latitude saw the sun directly overhead—90 degrees, zenith, no shadow. That's the furthest south the sun ever travels. The boundary. The turning point.

For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today's sun traced its lowest possible arc across the southern sky. In New York, the sun rose at 7:20 AM and set at 4:32 PM. Nine hours and fifteen minutes of daylight. Fourteen hours and forty-five minutes of darkness. That's the maximum darkness we experience all year.

But here's what matters: Tomorrow changes.

December 22nd, the sun rises at 7:20 AM and sets at 4:33 PM. One additional minute of daylight. One minute less of darkness. The shadows begin their imperceptible retreat. December 23rd gains another minute. December 24th gains two. By New Year's Day, we'll have recovered seven full minutes of daylight. By February 1st, thirty-five minutes. By spring equinox on March 20th, we'll have equal day and night again—twelve hours each.

The light returns because geometry demands it. The same 23.5-degree tilt that created winter begins creating conditions for spring. Earth continues its elliptical orbit around the sun—one complete revolution every 365.25 days. Our tilted axis means the Northern Hemisphere now begins its slow lean back toward solar radiation. Not because we earned it. Because orbital mechanics are reliable.

The ancients understood this as the year's most critical threshold. Not the darkest night—but the night when darkness stopped growing. They built monuments to mark it. Stonehenge in England. Newgrange in Ireland. Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. These weren't temples of faith. They were astronomical instruments proving that darkness has limits. That the descent always reverses. That the cosmos operates on principles you can measure with stones and shadows.

At Newgrange, the ancient passage tomb in Ireland, the builders engineered a roof box—a small opening above the entrance. For 362 days a year, that opening admits no light. But on winter solstice morning, at sunrise, a shaft of sunlight penetrates that roof box, travels down the 60-foot passage, and illuminates the inner chamber for exactly 17 minutes. The alignment is so precise that modern astronomers still marvel at it. Five thousand years later, the light still finds its way in at the exact moment of winter solstice sunrise.

That's not mysticism. That's engineering. That's proof that humans understood what mattered: tracking the pivot point. Marking the moment when the return begins.

Seven hours ago, your hemisphere reached maximum tilt and began its climb back. The reversal is happening now—slow, imperceptible, but inevitable. Tomorrow brings more light than today. The day after brings more than tomorrow. The progression is geometric, unstoppable, already in motion.

The darkness you experienced last night was as deep as it gets for another full year. Every night from now until June will be shorter than last night. You've crossed the threshold.

What will you do with the returning light?

12/11/2025

Give yourself or someone you love the gift of the ultimate nervous system reset this holiday season!

More information available at www.OlyFloat.com

Call or text 360-972-3366 to learn more or book your self-care combo today!

12/09/2025

So many beautiful salt lamp options on our shelves!

Which one will you take home to gift yourself or someone you love with their warm ambiance during these dark winter months?!